Slimming World
You’ll find delicious recipe and menu ideas at your local group, along with all the help you need to get started and reach your target weight.
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Slimming WorldWeight Watchers
Meetings, online or a little bit of both. They’ve got options and support, whatever your lifestyle.
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Weight WatchersBMI calculator
The body mass index (BMI) is a measure that uses your height and weight to work out if your weight is healthy.
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NHS: BMI healthy weight calculatorMoreLife services
Helping you to get healthy, MoreLife services run many programmes designed to help you and your family make small changes which make a big difference.
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www.more-life.co.uk/bedfordTirzepatide for weight management in General Practice
NHS England and NICE have approved the use of Tirzepatide, which you may also know as Mounjaro® or ‘the weight loss drug’, from primary care. You may well hear that Tirzepatide is available from primary care from 23rd June 2025. However, in the first two years entry criteria have been set by NHS England to a very small number of people. This is to allow safe entry of this repurposed medicine into the health system.
Please only contact us if you are eligible, this means you have a BMI of 40 or higher and at least four of these additional conditions, which will already have been diagnosed by your GP or another medical professional:
-Hypertension
-Dyslipidaemia
-Obstructive sleep apnoea
-Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD)
-Type 2 diabetes mellitusNHS Couch to 5K
The Couch to 5K app has been designed to get you off the couch and running in just 9 weeks. Grab your trainers, download the app and follow the step-by-step instructions.
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Download NHS Couch to 5k on the Google Play Store
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Download Couch to 5k on the Apple App Store
Weight management
Page published: 9 May 2023
Last updated: 20 June 2025